The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-07
THE GREAT KIRMEss.

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The CLARION force has been so com.
pietely occupied with the Kirmess. that ",
have been unable, in view of the hon,
OF going to press, to prepare a su;t
able report of the brilliant and hiohIy spe
cessful spectacle which was intensely en-
Joyed last night by an audience of fplIv
hfteen hundred people. We therefors
avail ourselves of Mr.. d. P. Porter,s tela.
graphic report TO the Times Democrat 1
The spacious auditorium at the Fai,
Grounds was filed to overlooking last night
by an eager and expectant crowd of ladies
and gentlemen of this and neiphboring
cities and surrounding country. The
weather was clear and pleasant, and every
thing was propitious for success to the
grand show
When the curtain rose, scene strikine,
and imposing was presented. Ia the beau
tifully adorned Pavilion, with a stage 30
by 40 feet, brilliantly lighted with calcium
lights, was arranged Grand Tableaux of
Nations. Mounted on gilded thrones. ar
rayed in regal costumes, gorgeous and
beautiful, stood Cleopatra, personated by
Miss Kate Power, surrounded by the Nile
"orshiPers, the English Queen, personated
by Miss Minnie Ford, amid her titled
nobility, and the Goddess of Liberty, rep
resented by Miss I6alette Hunter, with the
red men of the forest and their squaws.
headed by the Kiowaw chief, Luther Man
ship, and the Indian Princess. Miss Annie
Hester. Each individual wore the costume
OF the race or nation represented by them.
After being presented in tableaux for a
few moments, grand procession was
formed, led by Cleopatra, who was follow
ed by twenty-five Egyptian attendants,
followed by the representatives of Japan,
Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Italy,
Russia, England with Queen and court
ladies' and gentlemen and Goddess of
Liberty and America. They marched and
countermarched, winding and twisting in
all manner of intricate and serpentine
courses, without jostle or confusion. The
costumes showed TO advantage in the bril-
liant lights, and the whole scene was en-
chanting. The music of the Mexican Band
added much to the interest in the march
America was then represented by War
Dance by Braves in fantastic Indian cos
tune, and the Moon Dance by squaws, in
the presence of the Goddess of Liberty.
The following were the Indian dancers
AMERICA AND THE INDIANS.
GODDESS OF LIBERTY--Miss Idalette
Hunter.
KIowA CHrEF-(CUr-NosE)--Luther
Manship.
INDIAN CEss-Miss Annie Hester.
INDIANS.
l.. F. Montgomery, c. o. Anderson,
Warren Lemly, Lewis Lowenberg,
Dick Green, Robert Henry,
Hyman Folkes, Alfred Stone,
Darden Wolfe, Frank Livingston.
Julius Mosa,, Willie Lyon,
Tommie Lyon, q. L. Kenner,
George Bailey, Joe Porter,
George Lemon, Ed Ryan,
Paul Bellenger, %. Holt,
John Burns, K. Il. Stapp
sQUAws.
Ada Saunders, Ada Golf,
Blanche Folkes, Mary Helm,
Mamie Odeneal, Emmie Power,
Lillian Stone, Katie Pace,
Mary Gillespie, >>'ita Bastamante,
Annie West, Bertha Patton,
Marie Massie.
This dance was specially pleasing to the
spectators and was loudly applauded. The
part of the Chief was performed to perfec-
ton.
Egypt was then brought on the stage by
the Dance of the Nile Worshipers, together
with the Sphinx dance by small Egyptian
with the following participants: